Spring Decision - Eibach v H&R

[g12528]

how did you go? any pics?

[h100vw]

how did you go? any pics?

Mate, you've pulled a thread back from beyond the grave here. Most of the guys that posted in haven't been here in years.

I have H&R on my Polo, which there's picture of in my build thread.

Gavin

[g12528]

Nice I'll check it out

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[sambb]

To give you an idea of the difference in stiffness, I'd contacted H&R and eibach and they said that their rear spring rates were 27N/mm and 23.5N/mm respectively - So eibachs on paper not likely to be as harsh as the H&R's but you have to take into consideration how much 'progressiveness' is built into the initial travel of each of the springs too.
In kit form, most would agree that the bilstein B8 monotube damper ( as part of the eibach B12 kit) is superior to H&R's own damper used in their kit plus its locally rebuildable.

[noone]

H&R's were not harsh, coupled with stock shocks, the shocks died fairly quickly and the ride was a bit bouncy (in a big slow bounce way on fun roads).

[h100vw]

H&R's were not harsh, coupled with stock shocks, the shocks died fairly quickly and the ride was a bit bouncy (in a big slow bounce way on fun roads).

I have driven a few quick Polo's obviously and the one that stands out for me at the moment is Jasn78s old one. That had a Bilstein kit.

The cars with cheap coilovers, haven't been as nice as my cheapo set up.

Troy's, I didn't drive but seems pretty comfortable around inner Melbourne, so not sure what that would be like daily on a wider variety of roads. He is on KWs.

Gavin

[seangti]

I've always been happy with my combo on the daily car of bilstein struts and H&R springs. Been good on the street and track.